Success is not to be pursued; it is to be attracted by the person you become.

When I was four, my mother insisted I get out of the car and find my own way home. Although I got lost, I did find my way home. It taught me the value of independence at an early age.

Bayern want a decade of success like Barca. That’s OK if you have the money because it increases the possibility of success. But it’s not guaranteed.

Remember, always give your best. Never get discouraged. Never be petty. Always remember, others may hate you. But those who hate you don’t win unless you hate them. And then you destroy yourself.

You have people come into your life shockingly and surprisingly. You have losses that you never thought you’d experience. You have rejection and you have learn how to deal with that and how to get up the next day and go on with it.

Tears shed for self are tears of weakness, but tears shed for others are a sign of strength.

Only the shallow know themselves.

Make a habit of two things: to help; or at least to do no harm.

Judge a man by his questions rather than his answers.

I have a dogmatic certainty: God is in every person’s life. God is in everyone’s life. Even if the life of a person has been a disaster, even if it is destroyed by vices, drugs or anything else – God is in this person’s life. You can – you must – try to seek God in every human life.

If you’re serious, you really understand that it’s important that you laugh as much as possible and admit that you’re the funniest person you ever met. You have to laugh. Admit that you’re funny. Otherwise, you die in solemnity.

We must exercise ourselves in the things which bring happiness, since, if that be present, we have everything, and, if that be absent, all our actions are directed toward attaining it.

Everybody could be an entrepreneur, but very few will become very rich entrepreneurs.

We acquire the strength we have overcome.

I hated to be treated as a child. I thought it was the worst situation.

Though ambition in itself is a vice, it often is also the parent of virtue.

You can have the platinum album. But, you know, when you still feel like you haven’t quite found your place in the world, it kind of gives a crazy offset.

I don’t think I’m bad for people. If I did think I was bad for people, I would go back to driving a truck, and I really mean this.

In the dim background of mind we know what we ought to be doing but somehow we cannot start.

When I write about a 15-year old, I jump, I return to the days when I was that age. It’s like a time machine. I can remember everything. I can feel the wind. I can smell the air. Very actually. Very vividly.

Coaching wouldn’t be for me. No, certainly not.

It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed.

My parents shared not only an improbable love, they shared an abiding faith in the possibilities of this nation. They would give me an African name, Barack, or blessed, believing that in a tolerant America your name is no barrier to success.

I like to take every day just searching my own heart, making sure that I’m on course, and I’m doing what God wants me to do. I’m real good with not looking to the critics and looking straight ahead.

You’ve got to go out on a limb sometimes because that’s where the fruit is.

I don’t want to make money; I want to make a difference.

It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are.

Man, unlike anything organic or inorganic in the universe, grows beyond his work, walks up the stairs of his concepts, emerges ahead of his accomplishments.

There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow men. True nobility lies in being superior to your former self.

Prosperity is the best protector of principle.

I believe in the Golden Rule – The Man with the Gold… Rules.

Well, I was 29 years old when I came to the United States Senate, and I have learned a lot.

Imperfection clings to a person, and if they wait till they are brushed off entirely, they would spin for ever on their axis, advancing nowhere.

I don’t regret anything.

We all self-conscious. I’m just the first to admit it.

Whatever we expect with confidence becomes our own self-fulfilling prophecy.

As a general rule, the most successful man in life is the man who has the best information.

We will not waver; we will not tire; we will not falter, and we will not fail. Peace and Freedom will prevail.

It is a rough road that leads to the heights of greatness.

Success is the result of perfection, hard work, learning from failure, loyalty, and persistence.

Not being beautiful was the true blessing. Not being beautiful forced me to develop my inner resources. The pretty girl has a handicap to overcome.

It’s a common misconception that money is every entrepreneur’s metric for success. It’s not, and nor should it be.

I write songs about stuff that I can’t really get past personally – and then I write a song about it and I feel better.

All of us should be on guard against beliefs that flatter ourselves. At the very least, we should check such beliefs against facts.

We do not know what we want and yet we are responsible for what we are – that is the fact.

The most challenging project I’ve ever done, I think, is every single thing I’ve ever tried to do. It’s never easy.

You can never get enough of what you don’t want.

We are not what we are, nor do we treat or esteem each other for such, but for what we are capable of being.

Only stupid people are changed by success.

Don’t be humble… you’re not that great.

The more you seek the uncomfortable, the more you will become comfortable.

In a universe that’s an intelligent system with a divine creative force supporting it, there simply can be no accidents. As tough as it is to acknowledge, you had to go through what you went through in order to get to where you are today, and the evidence is that you did.

Learn to think continentally.

I’m very, very serious – I’m serious enough not to take myself too seriously. That means I can be completely wedded to the moment. But when I leave that moment, I want to be completely wedded to the next moment.

My favorite thing in life is writing about life, specifically the parts of life concerning love. Because, as far as I’m concerned, love is absolutely everything.

If we don’t succeed we run the risk of failure.

An employer of mine back in the ’80s was kind enough to take me on after a rough patch, and it made a big difference in my life that I knew I was the sort of person who showed up on time. It’s a basic tell of character.

For me, money is not my definition of success. Inspiring people is a definition of success.

We must use time as a tool, not as a couch.

I had the classic 40 meltdown. I did. It’s embarrassing. It was pretty funny. But then I recovered. To me, it was like a second adolescence. Hormonally, my body was changing, my mind was changing, and so my relationship to myself and the world around me came to this assault of finiteness.

Being second is to be the first of the ones who lose.